U.S. warplanes drop laser-guided bombs on ISIS convoy

Four U.S. fighter jets struck an ISIS convoy of seven vehicles near Irbil in a second round of airstrikes on Friday that targeted the extremist fighters, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said. The warplanes dropped four laser-guided bombs, he said.

Friday, August 8th 2014, 4:28 PM EDT

Updated:

Friday, August 8th 2014, 5:37 PM EDT

(CNN) -- Four U.S. fighter jets struck an ISIS convoy of seven vehicles near Irbil in a second round of airstrikes on Friday that targeted the extremist fighters, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said.

The warplanes dropped four laser-guided bombs, he said.

News of the latest airstrikes came just after the governor of Irbil, Nawzad Hadi, told CNN, that ISIS fighters may be as close as 30 kilometers to Irbil.

Air strikes are "very important" because ISIS fighters are well armed and are outgunning the Peshmerga, thanks to the weapons the militants seized from the Iraqi military in Mosul, Hadi said.